THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AILSA CRAIG. 153 



VII. Campbell, J. MacNaught. ' ' On the Appearance of the Brown 

 Rat (Mtis deatmanus) on Ailsa Craig." Annals of Scot Nal 

 Hist. (1892) pp. 132-4. 



VIII. Fergusson, Anderson. " Coleoptera from Ailsa Craic " Proc 

 Nat. Hist. Socy. Glasgow ( 189S) V. (N. S. ) p. 295. Five species 

 named and shown. 



IX. Geological Survey, Scotland, Memoirs of. Explanation 

 of Sheet 7, Ayrshire: South- Western District (1869) pp 12 and 

 15-6 on Ailsa. 



X. Gray, Robert and Anderson, Thomas. "On the Birds of 

 Ayrshire and Wigtownshire." Proc. Nat. Hist. Socy. Glasgow 

 (1S69) I. pp. 269-324. Contains many Ailsa references, and 

 mentions the rock-dove, ringed guillemot, common cormorant 

 shag, common gull and storm-petrel as breeding birds in addition 

 to those named on pp. 142-5 ante. (Also published separately 

 with illustration of Ailsa ; not seen.) 



XI. Gray, Robert The Birds of the West of Scotland, including 

 the Outer Hebrides (1871). Gray also has Ailsa notes in his 

 Birds of Arran " contained in VI. supra pp. 288-312. 

 XII. Kearton, R. British Birds' Nests; How, Where and When to 

 find and identify them, Illustrated from Photographs by C 

 Kearton of Nests in their natural situations and surroundings 

 (1S95 . Contains several Ailsa photographs, including one of 

 the old nesting-place of the storm-petrel. 



XIII. Kearton, R With Nature and a Camera, Illustrated from 



Photographs by C. Kearton (1898). Notes on visit to Ailsa 

 PP- 332-6. 



XIV. Landsborough, Rev. D. Excursions to Arran, Ailsa Craig 



and the two Cumbraes, with reference to the Natural History 

 of these Islands. 2nd Series (1852) pp. 95-136 give an account 



of a short visit to Ailsa. 



XV. 



La wson Rev. R. Ailsa Craig: its History and Natural History 

 New Edition, enlarged (1S95) PP- 1-90. Contains map, scale 

 b inches to 1 mile, and illustrations : covers the whole ground- 

 natural history is a compilation. 



XVI. MacCartney, W. Newton. " On the Geology of Ailsa Craie " 

 Proc. Nal. Hist. Socy. Glasgow (1868) I. pp. 151.9. 



XVII. MacCulloch, John. The Highlands and Western Islands of 

 Scotland, containing descriptions of their Scenery and Antiquities 

 .... founded on a Series of Annual Journeys between the 

 years 181 1 and 1821, in 4 Vols. (1824). II. pp. 53.60 contain 

 fine and accurate description of Ailsa ; chief flowers Lychnis 

 dioica and Sileue amcena, "like a brilliant garden:" goats 

 rabbits, and some birds mentioned. 



XVIII. Martin, Martin A Description of the Western Islands of 

 Scotland circa ibg 5 (1884 Reprint). Pp. 227-8 Ailsa ; cod and 

 ling fishing mentioned ; coulterneb are by the fishers called 

 albanich— " which in the ancient Irish language signifies Scots- 



men. 



XIX. Mill, Hugh Robert. " Configuration of the Clyde Sea-Area." 

 Scottish Geographical Magazine (18S7) III. pp. 15-21. Contains 

 map of area and a brief note on Ailsa (p. 18). " 



